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Check out our friend Jesus’ Taka x Pendleton unboxing video. Love that the cats are all up in the mix, lol!
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This has been quite hilarious over the past few days, as we watch a few of our friends post up their unboxing videos of the recent Taka Hayashi x Pendleton shoes. Each pair has a unique cut from the Pendleton blanket, and some patterns are more coveted than others or some just prefer one pattern over another. Some are on a mission to collect every pattern out there, and there’s even a topic on Strictly Vans Facebook group created specifically to work out trades for preferred styles. Stay tuned for a few more unboxing videos!
Words via Vans:
“Vans closes out the winter with an extensive collection with Pendleton Woolen Fabrics. Renowned for their authenticity and commitment to quality, Vans and Pendleton come together to create a distinctive line-up of product that embodies the unique design heritage of both iconic entities. In years past, Vans and Pendleton have teamed up for limited edition executions under the Vault by Vans imprint. The Vans x Pendleton collection for holiday 2015 expands the partnership into a seven-piece range that includes collaborative adult, kid and toddler footwear. Starting with the adult selection of footwear, Pendleton’s tribal wools are presented on the quarter panels of the Sk8-Hi MTE, across the Classic Slip-On and over the Era lace-up. The Sk8-Hi MTE offers the added benefits of Vans’ all weather technology that includes Scotchgard®-treated uppers, warm linings and an internal heat retention layer for additional support in cold climates. Furthermore, the Sk8-Hi MTE features a unique outsole construction that reverses and extends the Vans waffle pattern into a lug sole platform for maximum grip on wet surfaces. For tiny tykes, the Era is taken down into kid’s sizing while the Sk8-Hi Zip is made exclusively for smaller feet. Modified with a heel zipper and traditional rubber tread sole, the Sk8-Hi Zip is only available in kid and toddler size runs. There are also a few LXVI, Surf, and Apparel pieces available exclusively online.
Click on the pic above to check out the entire collection and to purchase from the Vans webstore.
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This weekend will mark the 24th annual Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show in Yokohama, Japan, and Mooneyes’ very own Hiro “Wildman” Ishii will be there, putting on a pin-striping demonstration on some leather Slip-Ons, but this year he is going to be selling them, allowing a select few to get their very own custom shoe done by him. This is more of an art piece, so each person will only be receiving one shoe. According to the translated version of the Vans Japan page, Hiro will also be taking orders for these at the event, perhaps so he can produce more after the event is over. These are absolutely stunning, and a great idea! Too bad it’s only for the Japan Vans heads! (They will also be giving out free Vans pinstripe stickers to those who visit the booth)
info via Vans Japan
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This was a pretty low-key collaboration with not much build up or hype to it, and it seemed to sell out almost instantly, unless they were accidentally put online, and taken back down, to be released at another date. The colorways chosen are clean and simple. Opening Ceremony went with the classic Sk8-Hi Reissue LX, as well as the Old Skool LX, each in a tonal beige, or a white with gum sole version. 4 shoes in total.
pics and info via Opening Ceremony
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It’s Friday. The event we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. At the beginning of the week, I had asked the boss if I could get off work early so that I could go to another one of my sneaker-related events. He knows I have this weird obsession with buying sneakers, and he knows I have a lot of them. That’s about as far as I get with him, before I lose his attention to some other matter of business. I’m sure this relates to many of you with your family members, friends, and co-workers. They don’t get it, and quite honestly they could probably care less. “WE GET IT. YOU LIKE SHOES. DO YOU HAVE THOSE KANYE WEST ONES?”
Well, this sneaker-related event wasn’t just any old sneaker event. In fact, it was probably the most prolific sneaker-related event I could’ve ever attended in all the years of me being into this hobby. The reason is because… Read More
Words via Vans:
“Vans’ premium label, Vault by Vans, and artist Taka Hayashi ready a three-piece line-up of deluxe product featuring Pendleton Wool materials for release this November. Renowned for his immaculate craftsmanship and high-end approach to sneaker design, Taka Hayashi continues to push the boundaries of the Vans footwear form in every project he produces. The forthcoming Vault by Vans x Taka Hayashi collaboration is unlike any other that has come before it; this time around Hayashi created his own custom Pendleton Wool blanket and applied the patterned fabric to the TH Slip-On LX and TH Sk8 Huarache LX.
The Vault by Vans x Taka Hayashi Pendleton Blanket serves as the centerpiece of the overall collection, based on the colors and imagery from one of Hayashi’s earlier paintings. The Southwestern-styled motifs and tones of the blanket create a unique visual experience on every shoe crafted – no two pairs are alike since the swatches are hand cut and stitched to the uppers. The TH Slip-On LX is one of the most luxurious re-interpretations of the Classic Slip-On profile, showcasing a moccasin-inspired aesthetic and saddle leather trim package atop an embossed midsole wrap. Another iconic Vans silhouette, the Sk8-Hi, is reimagined and refined by Hayashi to become the TH Sk8 Huarache LX. The diagonally dissected build of the TH Sk8 Huarache LX reveals a smooth, smoky suede exterior at the front end while the backside features an embellished, laser-etched heel counter and patterned quarter panels.”
The Vault by Vans x Taka Hayashi Pendleton Wool capsule retails from $120 to $285 USD and releases globally on November 28, 2015 at Vault by Vans accounts worldwide.
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As we reluctantly see the Vans Syndicate line come to an end, a few people have been sharing their own perspectives of the brand, and it’s nice to see this kind of attention being shed on the one sub-brand at Vans that was sort of the catalyst for the Vans collecting community. We didn’t even know it yet, but we were bridging the fashion forward Vans Vault consumer, with the sneakerhead collector lining up at their local skate shops in the early morning for some coveted re-sellable release. Over the years, as the Swoosh started to toy around with their consumers, Vans Syndicate offered up a nice alternative, and dollars started to migrate towards the “S”. Our Vans community was growing leaps and bounds, and was starting to get some recognition. Vans is solidified in the sneaker collecting community, and dare I say it all started with Vans Syndicate.
With that being said, Farran Golding, of Sidewalk Mag, Welcome Leeds, The Green Zine, and Speedway Mag, had a chance to catch up with Syndicate’s footwear design manager Rian Pozzebon, and ask him a few questions about the almighty “S”, like how it was created, who was integral in it’s early years, their purpose, the shoe Rian currently wears, and even an ever so slight hint at what the future holds for Vans Syndicate, or whatever it evolves into. Head on over to Speedway Mag to read the article, and follow Farran here on Instagram and Twitter.
I just stumbled across this article this morning, and I must say, I had no idea there were others out there who knew as much info as my fellow Under The Palms / Strictly Vans homies, about Vans Syndicate. I really thought we had found them all, and had hazed them into our fraternity. I’m talking about some detailed shit, like back-story type shit. Stuff you only hear about from original Vans Syndicate dealers, reps, and employees, as well from just personal experience early on before the Vans hype started to grow into what it is today. Founder of Noise Magazine, Lacebag, and now an author for The Hundreds, Amsterdam-native Maarten Warning, has created the best tribute to Vans Syndicate that I’ve read so far. Now that I think of it, it makes complete sense, as there is a pretty big “S” following in The Netherlands! Shout out to Erwin! Anyways, Maarten’s article goes in depth about the start of Vans Syndicate, the early collaborations, and even put together an awesome, and nearly similar to what I’d have chosen list of his 10 favorite Syndicate releases. Please take the time out to read his article over at The Hundreds, and follow him @warheadnl on Instagram and Twitter.
This is going to be a big weekend of sneaker releases, and Wish ATL‘s first Vans Vault collab is part of that lineup. They’ve created a video to showcase the Sk8-Hi Reissue LX and Classic Slip-On LX that make up their “Fine Wine & Olives” collection. This is a stunning collaboration, and Wish did a superb job. Congrats on their first of hopefully many more Vans Vaults to come!
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